Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev's re-election to a fifth term in early February has strengthened the hand of the state security (DTX) and foreign intelligence (XKX) services, first and foremost their agents monitoring presidential critics at home and abroad.
The identification, location and, if necessary, intimidation of activists and bloggers who have sought refuge abroad are coordinated from Baku by a trio of decision-makers: the head of DTX Ali Naghiyev, one of his deputies Vugar Mukhtarov and
